Blotting-pad



(No Model.)

0. M. MOORE.

BLOTTING PAD.

N0. 377,040. Patented Jan. 81, 1888.

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CLIFTON M. MOORE, OF REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLOTTlNG-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,040, dated January31, 1888,

Application filed September 12, 1887. Serial No. 249,431. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFTON M. MOORE, of Revere, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in BlottingPads, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertainsto make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'forming part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedpad represented in position for use; and Fig. 2, an isometricalperspective view of the same, the blotting-paper being shown as releasedfrom the fastener.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to means for securing theblottingepaper to the block; and it consists in a novel construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed,the object being to produce a simpler and more effective device of thischaracter than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the blotter, and B theblotting-paper.

The body consists of ablock of wood, which is preferably made in theshape of a flattened oval in longitudinal section, and is provided oneither edge with a depression or recess, 6, by means of which it can bereadily grasped or handled. The body is covered with felt or similarmaterial, an, to form a cushion for the paper 13. One end of the block Ais grooved laterally, as shown at z, and near said groove,

on either side of said block, is centrally secured one end of a coiledspring, D, as shown at m. A bar or roll, H, adapted to enter the groovez, is journaled on the outer ends of said Springs.

In the use of my improvement the strip or sheet of blottingpaperB isfolded lengthwise over the block A in such a manner that one of itsends, f, will rest against the side of the feltcovered block and in theother in the groove 2. The roll H is then forced into the groove 2', asshown in Fig. l, the paper B being held in position by the contractileaction of the springs D on the roll H, which rests on the end a of thepaper in said groove.

It will be readily seen that by the use of my improvement the paper maybe quickly and easily adjusted upon the block, and that by folding thepaper lengthwise and wrapping it around the block, as shown, long stripsof paper may be employed, which will maintain their position on theblock much better than short ones, and also afford a blotting orabsorbent surface at the end i, which adds materially to the value ofthe blotter.

I do not confine myself to the use of the felt w, as it may be omitted,if desired, and the paper may be applied directly to the block, althoughI deem its use preferable.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. In a blotting-padof the character described, the combination of the followinginstrunientalities, to wit: a flattened or elongated oval body providedat one end with a lateral groove, springs secured to said body near saidgroove, and a roll journaled on said springs and adapted to press on thepaper in said groove and secure it on said block, substantially as setforth.

2. In a blotting pad, the oval body A, provided at one end with thetransverse groove 2, a coiled spring, D, secured to each side of saidbody near said groove, the roll H, jo'urnaled on said springs, and thepaper strip B, wrapped longitudinally around said body and secured insaid groove by said springactuated roll, constructed, combined, andarranged to operate substantially as described.

CLIFTON M. MOORE.

XVitnesses:

FRANK A. Moonn, FRANK H WAITT.

